stimulate vs innervate

stimulate and innervate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stimulate	No	No	Yes	No
innervate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, innervate is a hyponym of stimulate; that is, innervate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stimulate:

Other hyponyms of stimulate include invigorate, quicken, irritate.

stimulate (verb)	innervate (verb)
cause to be alert and energetic	stimulate to action
act as a stimulant	supply nerves to (some organ or body part)
provide the needed stimulus for
cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
cause to occur rapidly
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
stir feelings in